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Implementation Guidance


OVS Guides

  • Offer versus Serve Guide for School Meals (CSDE)
  • Offer versus Serve Guidance for the NSLP and SBP (USDA)

OVS Implementation Resources

  • Offer versus Serve Posters for Breakfast and Lunch (USDA webpage)
  • Overview of OVS in the NSLP (CSDE)
  • Overview of OVS in the SBP (CSDE)
  • OVS Tip Sheet for School Food Service Managers: National School Lunch Program (USDA) 
  • OVS Tip Sheet for School Food Service Managers: School Breakfast Program (USDA)
  • Salad Bars and OVS ("Related Resources" section)
  • USDA Memo SP 41-2015: Updated Offer vs Serve Guidance for the NSLP and SBP Beginning SY 2015-16

OVS Training

  • Module 15: Offer versus Serve (OVS) in the NSLP (CSDE’s What’s in a Meal: National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program Meal Patterns for Grades K-12)
  • Module 16: Offer versus Serve (OVS) in the SBP (CSDE’s What’s in a Meal: National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program Meal Patterns for Grades K-12
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